July-August 2008 by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

901 N. Washington Ave. • Lansing, MI 48906-5137 • (517) 485-5484 • saem@saem.org • www.saem.org JULY/AUGUST 2008

President’s Message I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. By now, the 2008 Annual Meeting is a near distant memory. After exceptional service, Jim Hoekstra, Catherine Marco and Megan Ranney rotated off the Board of Directors. We welcome O. John Ma, Cherri Hobgood and Joe Becker to the 2008-09 Board of Directors and congratulate Jill Baren Katherine Heilpern, MD on her election as President-Elect. We have all returned to our home institutions and plunged back in to the world of patient care delivery, research, administrative responsibilities and teaching. The ‘dog days of summer’ seem to have little meaning for academic emergency medicine as the graduating residents exit, the new interns arrive and the emergency department’s census rises with the summer temperatures. At the same time, hundreds of SAEM faculty, residents, students and administrative staff are hard at work to advance the mission and goals of the Society. It’s difficult to distill these enormous efforts into one page, but I’ve attempted to capture the highlights (see SAEM Highlights 2008-09 Committees and Task Forces). The Society has always functioned well in a vertical construct with harddriving committee members completing objectives, delivering reports to the Board of Directors, white papers, manuscripts, and educational products. This year is no different but, in a bit of an experiment, I have asked multiple committees to interact with one another toward shared objectives, believing that horizontal strength, in addition to vertical strength, will serve the Society well. It’s our hope this will invite collaboration, ingenuity and crosspollination. So go ahead -- pull up the SAEM website and peruse the committee objectives. In addition, the Regional Meetings are a real Society strength. For the past decade, they have functioned with regional independence with little to no opportunity for course leaders to interact with one another, or identify pearls and pitfalls. This year, under (Continued on page 2)

Volume XXIII

Number 4

2008 SAEM Annual Meeting Follow-up Report Craig Newgard, MD, MPH Chair, Program Committee

The 2008 SAEM Annual Meeting in Washington, DC was a huge success. There were 2,359 registered attendees, the largest ever for an annual meeting, plus very well attended pre-day events. Thanks to everyone that attended the meeting and to the many people that contributed to its success. Below is a summary of the numbers, award winners, a few highlights, and links to pictures. 2,359 attendees 565 scientific abstract presentations 36 didactic sessions 325 AEM Consensus Conference on simulation (pre-day) 116 Emergency Care Research Networks (pre-day) 25 NIH Grant Workshop (pre-day) 224 Chief Resident Forum 168 Medical Student Symposium 48 Fun Run 300+ Dodgeball Best Faculty Presentation: Amy Plint, MD Best Young Investigator Presentation: Lynn Babcock‑Cimpello, MD Best Basic Science Presentation: Joseph Piktel, MD Best Fellow Presentation: Erik Hess, MD Best Resident Presentation: Anna Marie Chang, MD Best Medical Student Presentation: Maria Nelson The special events sessions were also heavily attended and very well-received. Over 1,000 people were present for the Keynote Townhall that featured representatives from the 3 political campaigns discussing the future of U.S. health care and its impact on emergency care. In another session, Dr. Craig Vanderwagen from the Department of Health and Human Services spoke about the state of disaster preparedness in the U.S. Approximately 250 people enjoyed the Friday morning buffet breakfast networking session and 48 runners woke up in time the (Continued on page 4)

“to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine”

President’s Message Continued from page 1

The Membership Committee, led by Amy Kaji, is preparing an all-member survey so that we can identify strengths and areas of opportunity for the delivery of member services. Meanwhile, with a restlessness characteristic of SAEM, Jim Tarrant and Barb Mulder are growing and developing the administrative team so that, even now, we can enhance member services. The Faculty Development Committee, under the leadership of Bob Hockberger, will partner with the Chairs’ group and the Department Administrators’ group to prepare for a 2008-09 SAEM salary survey. In addition, this group will continue to identify opportunities for members’ leadership development.

the leadership of Glenn Hamilton, the Regional Meetings Task Force will pull together course leaders, disseminate regional meetings ‘best practices’ and identify ways to showcase our strengths. As we reach across and within our own membership for added strength and collaboration, we will invite collaboration and communication with other societies, organizations and countries. To that end, we will continue the excellent work of the past year and partner with ACEP to strengthen our communication with the NIH. Roger Lewis and Judd Hollander will lead these efforts. The Guidelines Committee, under the leadership of Charlie Pollack, continues to identify and solicit ways in which Society experts might contribute to external consensus guidelines. Our Executive Director, Jim Tarrant, continues to seek collaboration and opportunity with organized emergency medicine in other countries. Look for Dick Kuo and the National Affairs Committee to become more active and engaged in our advocacy and outreach efforts as we communicate the pressures facing academic emergency medicine and seek ways to showcase our contributions to science. The Communications Committee and Web Editorial Board are actively soliciting stories and ideas that showcase the extraordinary contributions made by individuals and the Society. If you have an idea, contact Kathleen Clem or Ellen Weber. We will step up our communication and collaboration with the American Association of Medical Colleges. And, we congratulate Dr. John Prescott, one of our own, an emergency physician, former Department Chair then Dean at West Virginia University, now Chief Academic officer of the AAmC.

In future messages, I plan to update you on other initiatives and progress towards our annual goals. The Board of Directors and the administrative team seek a strong, robust, healthy Society. We want to reach within and reach out, so please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions or ideas.

ititems of interest n The ACEP Work Force Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

n SAEM Goals and Objectives for 2008-09 . . . . . . 8

n New England Regional Meeting Report . . . . . . 7

n AAMC CAS Meeting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

n SAEM Annual Meeting Highlights . . . . . . . . 13-20

n Call For Abstracts for the SAEM Annual Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2618) (continued on page

n Call for Abstracts for Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

n Call For Didactic Proposals for the SAEM Annual Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

n 2008 SAEM Medical Student Excellence Award Winners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

n 2008-09 SAEM Committees/ Task Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

n Call for Papers: Public Health in the Emergency Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Executive Director’s Message Building Relationships

James Tarrant, CAE

• Report: Enforcement of Duty Hours Standards and Improving Resident, Fellow and Patient Safety • Report: Diversity in the Physician Workforce and Access to Care • Report: Improving Parental Leave Policies for Residents and Fellows • Report: Observerships for International Medical Graduates • #305 Discrimination in Residency Selection Based on Location of Medical School • #315 Evaluation of Increasing Resident Review Committee Requirements • #316 Loss of Status Following Family Medical Leave Act Qualified Leave During Residency Training • #318 Protecting Patients and Residents by Reducing Extended Work Shifts • #429 Building the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America • #433 Prevention of Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis

We all recognize the impact of the external forces on our lives. As physicians you see the impact of the problems in our healthcare system as increasing numbers of Americans are uninsured and underinsured and must decide how to best utilize their limited resources. It might be helpful to reflect on how medical organizations are addressing the issues that you face every day.

Recently, I attended the American Medical Association (AMA) Annual Meeting in Chicago. The meeting crosses the spectrum of medical care with discussion from all specialties, states, hospital medical staffs and medical schools representing their specific interests as well as those of your patients. As an example: The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has a delegation representing the interests of emergency physicians. They host the Section Council of Emergency Physicians allowing the ACEP Delegation to interact with emergency physicians representing state delegations. The ACEP Delegation reviews all the AMA reports and resolutions, determines how each may affect EDs and offers testimony from the emergency physician’s perspective.

Other issues address healthcare and tort reform; preventing reductions in reimbursement; public health and many others. For a full list of the Resolutions and Reports presented at the AMA in June by individuals, state medical societies, hospital and medical school sections and specialty societies go to www.ama-assn.org. As SAEM seeks opportunities to be represented where issues are being addressed, it demonstrates the importance of building relationships.

With such a diverse group the decisions must cut across medicine to find the common issues which affect all or a large majority of practicing physicians. While groups like the AMA spend a great deal of time focused on “pocketbook” issues: reimbursement and tort reform; they also spend a fair amount of time on issues that impact medical education, graduate training, continuing education, conflict of interest and even industry relations.

To continue to build the strong relationship between ACEP and SAEM, I was able to meet with Dean Wilkerson, ACEP CEO during the AMA meeting. While the focus of our two organizations is different there are many issues in the academic emergency medicine field that the two organizations share. As we continue to look at the global picture, it is important to build relationships that can compliment and support our SAEM mission. There are many other medical organizations that directly and indirectly influence issues that relate to what SAEM advocates. It is very important to reflect and think global; recognizing that to make things happen it takes the collective efforts of many, and it’s all about relationships.

Below are examples of issues from the AMA Meeting which may be of interest to SAEM members: • #701 Emergency Department Boarding • #703 Inclusion of Observation Bed Status and Emergency Room Observation Time as Part of Mandatory Three-day Inpatient Stay • Report: Eliminating the Barriers to Surviving Acute Myocardial Infarction • #6 End of Life and “Allow a Natural Death” • Report: Pharmacists Refusal to Fill a Legally Valid Prescription

Knowledge for Today: Plan for Tomorrow The ACEP Work Force Study Catherine A. Marco, MD, FACEP SAEM Board of Directors ACEP Workforce Technical Advisory Group The third ACEP Workforce study will commence this summer, June 16 – August 15, 2008. SAEM members may be contacted as ED Chair/Medical Directors, if randomly selected from the American Hospital Association (AHA) database, the primary source for ED information. If you (or your chair/director) are selected, it is crucial that you participate. Accurate and complete participation will allow collection of meaningful data to assist ACEP, SAEM, and other EM organizations to understand the current status of the emergency medicine workforce in the United States, in 2008.

5. Incentives will be available for physicians that complete the survey (15% discount on ACEP products and a chance to win one of 5 airline tickets). It is our hope that data collected in this very important national survey will be accurate and useful to the assessment and evaluation of the EM Workforce. Results of this study will be used to discuss issues with legislators, government officials, regulatory agencies, and the media. The more accurate and complete the results, the more powerful our arguments will be, as emergency physicians.

The first ACEP Workforce study was completed in 1997 with a 46% response rate. 2062 hospitals were sampled from the AHA database. Findings included the following: • Approximately 32,000 physicians were estimated to be practicing emergency medicine. • The average standard FTE equaled 40 clinical hours/week. • Institutions staffed EDs with an average 4.96 FTEs/ institution. • Demographics: 83% men; 81% white; average age 42. • 58% EM residency trained; 53% board-certified emergency medicine; 46% ABEM certified. The second ACEP Workforce study in 1999 with a 44% response rate. 2153 hospitals were sampled from the AHA database. Findings included the following: • Approximately 32,000 physicians were estimated to be practicing emergency medicine. • Institutions staffed 5.29 FTEs/institution. • Demographics: 83% men; 82% white; average age 43. • 42% EM residency trained; 58% board-certified emergency medicine; 50% ABEM certified.

If you are asked to participate, please complete the data collection instrument in a timely fashion. Please support your Chair or Medical Director if asked to participate. For any questions, please contact Catherine Marco at cmarco2@aol.com, or Frank Counselman, Chair, TAG, CounseFL@EVMS.edu.

2008 SAEM Annual Meeting Follow-up Report Continued from Page 1

following morning to partake in the 2nd Annual Fun Run (even though we ran out of t-shirts). Finally, teams were out in force for the First Annual Emergency Medicine Dodgeball Championship Tournament — team jerseys, headbands, high-socks, and cannonarms. In total, 30 teams played 93 games to crown the eventual champion, with all proceeds donated to the SAEM Research Fund. Special thanks to Dave Milzman and the Georgetown medical students (John Elliot, Jeff Orr, and Hahn Soe‑Lin) for refereeing and organizing the tournament. Final results from the tournament were: 1st place: Darwin’s Nemesis (Penn State) 2nd place: TKO (Univ Michigan) Semi‑finalist: Tachylordyosis (Univ VA) Semi‑finalist: Monsters of the Midway (Univ Chicago) Dodgeball MVP: Scott Sevyreud (UVA, former SAEM President) Best jerseys: Brooklyn Ballers, Two Dudes, Average Js

The third ACEP WorkForce Study is directed by the ACEP Workforce Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The study is financially supported by SAEM, ENA, CORD and EMRA. There are several unique features of the third study: 1. Nursing data will be collected. Nursing questions that will be completed by ED Nurse Managers. 2. The study is being conducted in collaboration with the consultation firm Booz, Allen and Hamilton. 3. The study is being conducted primarily in a webbased format. 4. An aggressive and broad campaign is underway to ensure appropriate response rates.

If you missed the meeting or just want to re-live the high-lights, check out the photos at: http://www.saem.org/saemdnn/Meetings/ 2008AnnualMeeting/AMPreSchedule2008/tabid/1090/ Default.aspx We look forward to seeing all of you again in 2009!

2008-2009 SAEM Committees/Task Forces - Board & Staff Liaisons 1. Awards Committee: 09awards@lists.saem.org Chair: James G. Adams: jadams@nmh.org Board Liaison: Kate Heilpern: kheilpe@emory.edu Staff Liaison: Jennifer Mastrovito: jennifer@saem.org

12. Geriatrics Committee: 09geriatric@lists.saem.org Chair: Lowell Gerson: lgerson@neoucom.edu Board Liaison: Cherri Hobgood: hobgood@med.unc.edu Staff Liaison: Jennifer Mastrovito: jennifer@saem.org

2. CDEM Academy: cdem@lists.saem.org Chair: David Manthey: dmanthey@wfubmc.edu Board Liaison: Cherri Hobgood: hobgood@med.unc.edu Staff Liaison: Sandy Rummel: srummel@saem.org

13. Graduate Med-Education Committee: 09grad@lists.saem.org Chair: Jacob Ufberg: jacob.ufberg@tuhs.temple.edu Board Liaison: Adam Singer: asinger@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Staff Liaison: Maryanne Greketis: mgreketis@saem.org Staff Liaison: Anna Ashworth: aashworth@saem.org

3. Communications Committee: 09comm@lists.saem.org Chair: Kathleen Clem: kclem@llu.edu Board Liaison: Ellen Weber: weber@medicine.ucsf.edu Staff Liaison: Holly Gouin: hgouin@saem.org Staff Liaison: Vene Yates: vyates@saem.org Staff Liaison: Anna Ashworth: aashworth@saem.org

14. Grants Committee: 09grants@lists.saem.org Chair: Alan Jones: alan.jones@carolinas.org Board Liaison: Deb Houry: dhoury@emory.edu Staff Liaison: Dwight Walker: dwalker@saem.org Staff Liaison: Janet Murray-Bentley: jbentley@saem.org

4. Constitution & Bylaws Committee: 09candb@lists.saem.org Chair: Deborah Diercks: dbdiercks@ucdavis.edu Board Liaison: Ellen Weber: weber@medicine.ucsf.edu Staff Liaison: Maureen Bruce: mbruce@saem.org Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org

15. Guidelines Committee: 09guidelines@lists.saem.org Chair: Charles Pollack: pollack2@mindspring.com Board Liaison: Judd Hollander: judd.hollander@uphs.upenn.edu Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org 16. Industry Relations Committee: 09industry@lists.saem.org Chair: Deborah Diercks: dbdiercks@ucdavis.edu Board Liaison: Joseph Becker: joseph.u.becker@yale.edu Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org

5. Consultation Service Committee: 09consult@lists.saem.org Chair: Philip Shayne: pshayne@emory.edu Board Liaison: O. John Ma: maoj@oshu.edu Staff Liaison: Barb Mulder: bmulder@saem.org Staff Liaison: Janet Murray Bentley: jmurray@saem.org

17. International Committee: 09international@lists.saem.org Chair: Indriani A. Sheridan: indranisheridan@gmail.com Board Liaison: Joseph Becker: joseph.u.becker@yale.edu Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org

6. Crowding Task Force: 09crowd@lists.saem.org Chair: Steven Bernstein: sbernste@montefiore.org Board Liaison: Leon Haley: lhaley@emory.edu Staff Liaison: Anna Ashworth: aashworth@saem.org

18. Membership Committee: 09membership@lists.saem.org Chair: Amy Kaji: akaji@emedharbor.edu Board Liaison: Adam J. Singer: adam.singer@sunysb.edu Staff Liaison: Dwight Walker: dwalker@saem.org Staff Liaison: Holly Gouin: hgouin@saem.org

7. Development Committee: 09dev@lists.saem.org Chair: Brian Zink: bzink@lifespan.org Board Liaison: Judd Hollander: judd.hollander@uphs.upenn.edu Staff Liaison: Holly Gouin: hgouin@saem.org

19. National Affairs Committee: 09national@lists.saem.org Chair: Dick Kuo: dkuo@umaryland.edu Board Liaison: Leon Haley: lhaley@emory.edu Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org

8. Education Fund Task Force: 09educationtf@lists.saem.org Chair: David Manthey: dmanthey@wfubmc.edu Board Liaison: Judd Hollander: judd.hollander@uphs.upenn.edu Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org

20. NIH Task Force: Chair: Roger Lewis: roger@emedharbor.edu Board Liaison: Jill Baren: jill.baren@uphs.upenn.edu Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org

9. Ethics Committee: 09ethics@lists.saem.org Chair: Tammie Quest: tquest@emory.edu Board Liaison: Cherri Hobgood: hobgood@med.unc.edu Staff Liaison: Sandy Rummel: srummel@saem.org

21. Nominating Committee: Chair and BOD Liaison: Jill Baren: jill.baren@uphs.upenn.edu Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org Staff Liaison: Barb Mulder: bmulder@saem.org

10. Faculty Development Committee: 09faculty@lists.saem.org Chair: Robert Hockberger: hock@emedharbor.edu Board Liaison: Jill Baren: jill.baren@uphs.upenn.edu Staff Liaison: Anna Ashworth: aashworth@saem.org

22. Program Committee: 09prog@lists.saem.org Chair: Craig Newgard: newgardc@ohsu.edu Board Liaison: Deb Houry: dhoury@emory.edu Staff Liaison: Maryanne Greketis: mgreketis@saem.org Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org

11. Finance Committee: 09fin@lists.saem.org Chair: Frank Zwemer: frank_zwemer@urmc.rochester.edu Board Liaison: Jeffrey Kline: jeff.kline@carolinashealthcare.org Staff Liaison: Janet Murray-Bentley: jbentley@saem.org Staff Liaison: Jim Tarrant: jtarrant@saem.org Staff Liaison: Barb Mulder: bmulder@saem.org

(Continued on page 8)

SAEM 2008 Research Grants Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Research Fellowship Award

Since 1998, the SAEM Research Fund has provided grants to help train emergency medicine researchers. Following is a brief description of some of the available grants along with the application deadlines. All applications should be sent electronically (see General Instructions for Electronic Submission on the website) to SAEM and one hard copy mailed to SAEM, 901 N. Washington Ave., Lansing MI 48906. For more information, see the Research section of the saem.org web site.

Through the generous sponsorship of the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF), in collaboration with SAEM, this award provides $75,000 funding per year for two years for a research fellowship in the area of patient safety. Successful applications will describe a significant, relevant, and feasible research project in the area of patient safety, as well as a mentored training program designed to provide the applicant with a foundation for becoming an emergency medicine patient safety research leader. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

Emergency Medicine Medical Student Interest Group Grants These grants provide funding of $500 each to help support the educational or research activities of emergency medicine medical student organizations at U.S. medical schools. Established or developing interest groups, clubs, or other medical student organizations are eligible to apply. It is not necessary for the medical school to have an emergency medicine training program for the student group to apply. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

Emergency Medical Services Research Fellowship This grant is sponsored by Physio-Control, Inc., a division of Medtronic. It provides $60,000 for a one-year EMS research fellowship for emergency medicine residency graduates at an SAEM approved fellowship training site. The fellowship must provide the fellow the opportunity to acquire research and leadership skills and to begin to develop expertise as part of an academic career with a focus in emergency medica-l services. The mission of the grant is to develop the academic potential of the selected fellow by providing support for a one-year training grant that develops both EMS leadership and research skills. Potential for and experience with EMS leadership and research are weighted equally when evaluating the applications. Deadline: November 1, 2008.

Research Training Grant (RTG) This grant provides financial support of $75,000 per year for two years of formal, full-time, mentored research training for an emergency medicine academician. Â The award is intended to support the development of sound research skills rather than to support a specific research project. The trainee must have a concentrated, mentored program in specific research methods and concepts, and complete a research project. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

Further information and application materials for all the awards can be obtained via the SAEM website at www.saem.org.

Institutional Research Training Grant (IRTG) This grant provides financial support of $75,000 per year for two years for an academic emergency medicine program to train a research fellow. The sponsoring program must demonstrate an excellent research training environment with a qualified mentor and specific area of research emphasis. The training for the fellow may include a formal research education program or advanced degree. It is expected that the fellow who is selected by the applying program will dedicate full time effort to research, and will complete a research project. The goal of this grant is to identify, develop, and fund promising institutions dedicated to providing high quality training to Emergency Medicine research fellows. Deadline: August 1, 2008.

2008 SAEM DUES A summary of SAEM 2008 membership rates are listed below: 2008 Dues $495 Active $140 Resident $430 Faculty group $120 Resident group $460 Associate $140 Fellow $290 1st yr graduate $120 Medical Student $400 2nd yr graduate Membership Count as of June 26, 2008 2420 Active 96 Associate 26 Emeritus 8 Honorary 2 International Affiliate 266 Medical Students 2664 Resident / Fellow 5482 TOTAL

Erratum In the On-site Program for the 2008 Annual Meeting Ramie Hood was incorrectly listed as an author of one of the Visual Diagnosis Contest submissions. Janet Alteveer, MD was the author of the submission. SAEM regrets this error.

Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Outstanding Reviewers for 2007 Michelle H. Biros, MD, MS Editor-in-Chief Academic Emergency Medicine With great appreciation for their enthusiasm, dedication and support, we acknowledge our colleagues who performed peer review for Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) in 2007. Without their hard work, AEM would not be able to present our readers with excellent original research and academic contributions. Their talent, thoughtfulness and responsiveness have assisted in maintaining the quality of the medical literature presented in AEM. We sincerely thank the more than 300 reviewers who contributed to our continued success. Among these numbers are some who deserve special recognition because of their consistently excellent performance. These “Outstanding Reviewers” have provided at least 5 high quality reviews, with a mean review score >85% by three or more decision editors, accepted at least 2/3 of all review requests, and less than 10 % were submitted late. AEM decision editors who provided reviews and statistical editors were not included. Benjamin Abella, MD James Barry, MD Robert Birkhahn, MD Bema Bonsu, MD Jeffery Brent, MD Jusith Brillman, MD David Brousseau, MD, MS Michael Brown, MD Bradshaw Bunney, MD Wendy Coates, MD Mohamud Daya, MD Peter Dayan, MD Mark Gorelick,MD

Steve Green, MD David Guss, MD Kennon Heard, MD Fredric Hustey, MD Jeffrey Jones, MD Justin Kaplan, MD Seth Kunen, PhD, PsyD Keith Marill, MD John Marx, MD Dan Mayer, MD Chadwick Miller, MD James Niemann, MD Lewis Nelson, MD

James Olson, PhD Rick Place, MD Mike Sayre, MD Michael Schull, MD, MSc Joshua Tamyo-Sarver, MD, PhD Michael Turturro, MD Henry Wang, MD Daniel Waxman, MD Don Yealy, MD Brian Zachariah, MD Shahriar Zehtabchi, MD

Again, thanks to all of these dedicated individuals.

NE Regional SAEM Research Forum Report – April 30, 2008 Thomas Stair, MD Brigham & Women’s Hospital The New England research directors held their twelfth annual regional meeting on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Ninety posters and eight oral presentations were accepted. Over two hundred registrants attended from the nine regional residency programs and from as far away as Texas. Gail D’Onofrio MD MS, Chair at Yale, spoke on “The Emergency Medicine Roadmap to Academic Excellence.” Winners for oral presentations were:

n James M Dargin MD, Boston University, “The Safety and Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheters in ED Patients with Difficult Intravenous Access.” n Jeremy Smith MD, Baystate Medical Center, “A Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Evaluation of an Impedance Threshold Device During CPR in Swine.” n Jason S Chang MD, Yale University, “Emergency Physician Determination of Cardiac Output in Severe Sepsis.”

n A llison Hayward MD, University of Massachusetts, “Use of Continuous ScVo2 Catheters Increases ScVo2 Monitoring and May Improve Outcome of Early Goal Directed Therapy.”

n Michael Murphy MD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, “Bedside Ultrasound for the Noninvasive Estimation of CVP in Critically ill Adult ED Patients.”

n A my Hurwitz MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, “Grade Inflation Among US Medical Schools.”

n James Suozzi DO, University of Connecticut, “Comparison of the Airtraq Optical Laryngoscope to Direct Laryngoscopy by Paramedics in a Manikin Model for Easy and Difficult Intubations.”

n C lifford Swap MD, Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, “Acute Cerebral Ischemia Evaluation in the ED: Does MRI Change Disposition?”

Highlights of SAEM Goals and Objectives for 2008-09 Katherine Heilpern MD, President Emory University 1. Collaboration and Partnership a. Create an organizational construct that incorporates horizontal communication and team building into the current vertical dynamic, capitalizing on the strengths and union of several committees b. Explore opportunities to create additional Academies within SAEM c. Develop a report that explores enhanced relationships between and among SAEM Regional Meetings and the Annual Meeting d. Strengthen working partnerships with national and international EM societies and other academic societies that interface with academic emergency medicine 2. Communication and Advocacy a. Empower the Web Editorial Board and Communications Committee to identify media and other messaging opportunities for the Society’s external audiences b. Empower SAEM groups to work proactively with the AAMC and other national organizations to enhance our national advocacy efforts 3. Member Services a. Develop and communicate an organizational plan to meet the needs of the membership in terms of timely communication and provision of member services b. Create, disseminate and analyze an all-member survey

4. Financial a. Analyze and respond to FY07 audit b. Continue to strengthen policies, procedures and reporting structure of the Finance Committee c. Actively support the Development Campaign for the SAEM Research Fund d. Conduct a 2009 SAEM salary survey e. Partner with the Executive Director to identify the resources required to develop and build the administrative team that will advance the Society’s goals 5. Research and Grants a. Continue strategic alliance with ACEP utilizing the SAEM/ACEP NIH Task Force to advance emergency researchers’ federal funding opportunities b. Promote, discuss and develop white papers addressing the AAMC Task Force papers on Influence and Reciprocity, and Conflict of Interest in Human Subjects Research c. Explore a partnership with EMF to conduct an annual joint EMF-SAEM Research Symposium for grant recipients d. Continue the study of the impact of crowding on patients and trainees 6. Education a. Explore the creation of an SAEM Education Fund b. Support the CDEM Academy and GME educational and research initiatives c. Promote development for the Board of Directors and Society leaders

New Online AEM Journal System

2008-2009 SAEM Committees/Task Forces

Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Readers and Subscribers: Please note that as of July 1, 2008, the URL used to access your subscription to AEM on Blackwell-Synergy — http://www.blackwell-synergy. com/loi/acem — will no longer be valid. The following URL is what should be used: www.interscience. wiley.com

23. Regional Meeting Task Force: 09regltf@lists.saem.org Chair: Glenn Hamilton: glenn.hamilton@wright.edu Board Liaison: Kate Heilpern: kheilpe@emory.edu Staff Liaison: Barb Mulder: bmulder@saem.org

Continued from page 5

24. Research Committee: 09research@saem.org Chair: John Younger: jyounger@umich.edu Board Liaison: Jeffrey Kline: jeff.kline@carolinashealthcare.org Staff Liaison: Vene Yates: vyates@saem.org

All users will be automatically migrated over to the new URL and there will be a redirect to it, as well. However, should you have any problems, please contact Sandra K. Arjona, Journal Manager, at sandrak.arjona@gmail.com.

25. Technology in Med-Ed: 09tech@lists.saem.org Chair: James Gordon: jgordon3@partners.org Board Liaison: O. John Ma: maoj@oshu.edu Staff Liaison: Vene Yates: vyates@saem.org Staff Liaison: Anna Ashworth: aashworth@saem.org

Our continuing thanks to you for your support of the journal. We look forward to many new and exciting developments on the publisher’s new online platform, to be officially up and running as of January 2009. Again, please use the URL listed above until then.

26. Web Editorial Board (WEB) Task Force: 09web@lists.saem.org Chair: Matt Sullivan: Matthew.Sullivan@carolinashealthcare.org Board Liaison: Ellen Weber: weber@medicine.ucsf.edu Staff Liaison: Vene Yates: vyates@saem.org Staff Liaison: Anna Ashworth: aashworth@saem.org Undergraduate Committee: 08uge@lists.saem.org Converted to CDEM

Semi-Final CPC Competition Results â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2008 SAEM Annual Meeting On May 28th, seventy-two Emergency Medicine Residency Programs competed in the eighteenth annual semifinal CPC (Clinical Pathological Cases) competition. A resident from each participating program submitted a challenging unknown case for discussion by an attending from another residency program. The faculty discussant had 20 minutes to develop a differential diagnosis and explain the thought process leading to the final diagnosis. Winning presenters and discussants were selected from each of six tracks and these individuals will compete in the CPC finals that will be held at the ACEP Scientific Assembly in Chicago on Monday, October 27 from 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm. The CPC competition is sponsored by ACEP, CORD, EMRA and SAEM and is coordinated by Douglas L. McGee, DO. Congratulations to the 2008 semi-final winners!

DIVISION 1

Presenter: Jeffrey Lightfoot, MD, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Discussant: John S. Rose, MD, University of California Davis

DIVISION 4

Discussant: Christopher Doty, MD, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital Presenter: David John Wallace, MD, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital

DIVISION 2

Presenter: Aparajita Sohoni, MD, Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Hospital Discussant: Teresa Wu, MD, Orlando Regional Medical Center

DIVISION 5

DIVISION 3

Discussant: Matthew Lurin, MD, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Presenter: Casey MacVane, MD, Maine Medical Center

DIVISION 6

Presenter: Tara Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, MD, Regions Hospital

Presenter: Michael Perraut, MD, Christiana Care Health System

Discussant: Esther Choo, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

Discussant: Ross Berkeley, MD, University of Nevada

CPC Reception

2008 Residency Fair Participants SAEM would like to thank the following EM residency programs that participated in the Residency Fair that was held on Friday, May 30 prior to the Medical Student Symposium on May 31, 2008. SAEM recognizes the effort and cost expended by these residency programs. The purpose of the Residency Fair is to provide a unique and economical opportunity for medical students interested in a career in emergency medicine. This year’s Medical Student Symposium attracted 168 students. Advocate Christ Medical Center Albany Medical Center Albert Einstein Medical Center Allegheny General Hospital Baystate Medical Center Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Medical Center Brown University Carolinas Medical Center Christiana Care Cook County Corpus Christi Denver Health Medical Center East Carolina University Emory University Geisinger Medical Center Georgetown University Grand Rapids/MERC Hennepin County Medical Center Indiana University Indiana University EM/Peds Jacobi/Montefiore Kern Medical Center Long Island Jewish Medical Center Louisiana State University – New Orleans Louisiana State University –Shreveport Maimonides Medical Center Maine Medical Center Maricopa Medical Center Mayo Clinic Medical College of Wisconsin Metropolitan Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital MSU-Kalamazoo New York Methodist Hospital New York Presbyterian New York Queens North Shore University Ohio State University Oregon Health & Science University Orlando Regional Medical Center OSF St. Francis

Palmetto Health Richland Regions Hospital Resurrection Medical Center Scott & White Memorial Hospital St. Luke’s Hospital Stanford/Kaiser Summa Health System SUNY @ Buffalo SUNY @ Stony Brook SUNY Downstate/Kings County SUNY Upstate Medical University Synergy Medical Education Alliance UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson/Cooper Hospital University of Alabama @ Birmingham University of Arizona University of California – Irvine University of California San Francisco – SFGH University of Cincinnati University of Florida – Gainesville University of Florida – Jacksonville University of Iowa University of Louisville University of Michigan University of Mississippi University of Nevada University of New Mexico University of North Carolina University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of South Florida – Tampa University of Utah University of Virginia UT Southwestern Medical Center Virginia Commonwealth University Washington University West Virginia University William Beaumont Hospital Wright State University Yale University York Hospital

2008 / 09 SAEM Grant Information SAEM is pleased to offer several research grants this year that are available for competitive application:

n SAEM Research Training Grant – Application deadline August 1, 2008

n SAEM Institutional Research Training Grant – Application deadline August 1, 2008

n SAEM/EMPSF Patient Safety Research Fellowship – Application deadline August 1, 2008

n SAEM EMS Research Fellowship – Application deadline November 1, 2008

n SAEM Emergency Medicine Student Interest Group Grants – Application deadline August 1, 2008

For more details on these grants as well as detailed application instructions please see the SAEM website or follow this link: http://www.saem.org/saemdnn/GrantsAwards/Grants/tabid/257/Default.aspx

Academic Announcements SAEM members are encouraged to submit Academic Announcements on promotions, research funding, and other items of interest to the membership. Submissions must be sent to saem@saem.org by August 1 to be included in the September/October issue.

Louis S. Binder, MD, has been named the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC), Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is Board certified in Emergency Medicine and has published in many national emergency medicine journals. Currently, he serves as a sports medicine physician with the United States Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Society and has a distinguished history of professional, community and institutional service.

Linda Spillane, MD, has been appointed the inaugural Assistant Dean for Medical Simulation at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, effective April 1, 2008. She is presently leading a Consensus Group for SAEM charged with identifying a research agenda for the use of simulation to assess individual cognitive skills in residency training. Latha G. Stead, MD, FACEP, has recently been promoted to Chair, Division of Emergency Medicine Research, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Stead finished her residency in 2001 from the Jacobi-Montefiore program and has been on the Mayo Clinic faculty since then. She is the inaugural Chair of the Division of Emergency Medicine Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Christina L. Bourne, MD, has been named the Associate Residency Director at the Medical University of South Carolina. Melissa Costello, MD and Alan Heins, MD were both promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama.

Paula Tanabe, PhD, MPH, RN, Research Assistant Professor at Feinberg School of Medicine - Northwestern University has been awarded a NIH-NINR grant to research A Decision Support Tool for Adult Sickle Cell Emergency Department Patients from 2-20-2008 through 1-31-2011.

Dietrich Jehle, MD, was recently promoted to the rank of Professor of Emergency Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Jehle was also recognized this past spring as the 2008 Distinguished Physician Honoree for the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) in Buffalo where he serves as the Associate Medical Director for the hospital.

Kevin M. Terrell, DO, MS, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University, received a 2008 Merck/AGS New Investigator Award in May at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC. The award is presented to individuals whose original research reflects new and relevant research in geriatrics and to recognize individuals who are committed to a career in aging research.

Eddy Lang, MD, has been appointed as the Research Chair for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP). In that role he coordinates the submission and scoring of research submissions for the annual general meeting as well as administering the CAEP Resident Research Grant Competition. 11

Congratulations to the 2007/08 Recipients of the SAEM/EMF Medical Student Research Grant Akbar Nassiry Virginia Commonwealth University

Andrea N. Miltiades University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Chadd K. Kraus, MPH Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kathy Lin University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Samantha Phillips Duke University

2008/09 Recipients of the SAEM/Emergency Medicine Foundation Grant Anshuman Das Preceptor: David G. Beiser, MD University of Chicago

Amanda Reese Preceptor: James E. Olson, PhD Wright State University

Suzanne N. Bryce Preceptor: Jin H. Han, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Matthew L. Wong Preceptor: Henry E. Wang, MD University of Pittsburgh

Benjamin Easter Preceptor: Jonathan Fisher, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

SAEM Advertising Rates

For Your Information...

The Society’s bi-monthly publication reaches over 5000 Emergency Medicine Physicians, Residents, Medical students and EM education programs nationwide. The SAEM Newsletter is limited to postings for fellowship and academic positions available and offers classified ads.

SAEM Staff

• A full page AD costs $1250.00 (camera ready, 7.5” wide x 9.75” high) • A half page AD costs $675.00 (camera ready, 7.5” wide x 4.75” high) • A quarter page AD costs $350.00 (camera ready, 3.5” wide x 4.75” high)

Executive Director James R. Tarrant, CAE ext. 212, jtarrant@saem.org

Meetings Coordinator Maryanne Greketis, CMP ext. 209, mgreketis@saem.org

Associate Executive Director Barbara A. Mulder ext. 207, bmulder@saem.org

IT / Communications Vene Yates ext. 208, vyates@saem.org

Executive Assistant Sandy Rummel ext. 213, srummel@saem.org

Help Desk Specialist Anna Ashworth ext. 204, aashworth@saem.org

Customer Service Coordinator Jennifer Mastrovito ext. 201, jmastrovito@saem.org

Receptionist Maureen Bruce ext. 206, mbruce@saem.org

Membership Assistant Dwight Walker ext. 211, dwalker@saem.org

Bookkeeper Janet Murray-Bentley ext. 205, jbentley@saem.org

Marketing & Membership Manager Holly Gouin ext. 210, hgouin@saem.org

• A classified AD (with 100 words or less) is $120.00

saem@saem.org • www.saem.org 12

SAEM Annual Business Meeting May 31, 2008 in Washington DC The 2008 Annual Meeting in Washington DC attracted a record 2,359 registrants. During the Annual Business Meeting on May 31, Judd E. Hollander, MD, President, announced the results of the annual elections. The election was held by mail ballot and 503 of the active members cast ballots during the election. The results were:

O. John Ma, MD, Board Member-at-Large; Katherine L. Heilpern, MD, President; Judd E. Hollander, MD, Past President; Jill M. Baren, MD, President-Elect; Brigitte M. Baumann, MD, Constitution & Bylaws Committee; Joseph U. Becker, MD Resident Member.

President-Elect Jill M. Baren, MD University of Pennsylvania Secretary-Treasurer Jeffrey A. Kline, MD Carolinas Medical Center Board Member-at-Large Cherri D. Hobgood, MD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Board Member-at-Large O. John Ma, MD Oregon Health & Science University Resident Member of the Board Joseph U. Becker, MD Yale-New Haven Medical Center Nominating Committee Andra L. Blomkalns, MD University of Cincinnati Medical Constitution and Bylaws Committee Brigitte M. Baumann, MD UMDNJ-RWJMS at Camden 13

ANNUAL MEETING 2008 AWARD WINNERS 2007 Annual Meeting Presentation Award Recipients Best Faculty Award: Helen Straus, MD Measuring Patient Satisfaction In A Public Hospital ED.

Best Medical Student Award: Tara Scherer Effect of an Expedited Referral System on Follow-Up Rate of Emergency Department Patients to a Federally Funded Health Clinic System.

Best Young Investigator Presentation: Jesse Pines, MD The Association Between ED Crowding and Time to Antibiotics for Pneumonia.

Best IEME Award: Tim Heilenbach, MD An Ultrasound Simulator for Emergency Medicine Resident Education

Best Basic Science Award: Laura Bechtel, PhD Verapamil Toxicity Induces Dysregulation of Insulin Dependent Phosphatidylinositol 3 - kinase Pathway.

Medical Student Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner: Maria Nelson

Best Resident Award: David Messenger, MD Low - Dose Ketamine Versus Fentanyl As adjunct Analgesic To Procedural Sedation With Propofol: A Randomized, Clinical Trial.

Resident Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner: Tom Richards, MD

Thank You SAEM would like to take this opportunity to thank James W. Hoekstra, MD, Past President, Catherine Marco, MD, Board Member-at-Large, and Megan L. Ranney, MD, Resident Member, for their dedication to SAEM and Emergency Medicine by serving on the SAEM Board of Directors. Their commitment and leadership skills were appreciated by the Board members as well as the staff and many committees, task forces and interest groups who have had the opportunity to work with them. We look forward to their continued contributions to the organization in the future.

Dr. Hollander presented his Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Message and introduced incoming 2008-09 President, Katherine L. Heilpern, MD. Dr. Heilpern presented Dr. Hollander with a plaque and thanked him for his service as the 2007 SAEM President.

ANNUAL MEETING 2008 AWARD WINNERS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

HAL JAYNE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD

Rollin (Terry) Fairbanks MD, MS - University of Rochester Presenter: Brian Zink, MD - Rhode Island Hospital

Ronald Walls, MD - Brigham & Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital Presenter: John Marx , MD - Carolinas Medical Center

Jason Haukoos MD, MS, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Presenter: Stephen Wolfe, MD - Denver Health Medical Center and Roger Lewis, MD, PhD - Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

LEADERSHIP AWARD

Roland C. Merchant MD - Rhode Island Hospital Presenter: Sandra Schneider, MD - University of Rochester Medical Center

ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AWARD Rita Cydulka MD, MS, MetroHealth Medical Center Presenter: Louis Binder, MD MetroHealth Medical Center

Arthur Kellermann MD, MPH, Emory University Presenter: Kate Heilpern, MD - Emory University

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD Jeff Runge, MD Presenter: John Marx, MD - Carolinas Medical Center and Jeff Kline, MD - Carolinas Medical Center

ANNUAL MEETING 2008 AWARD WINNERS Special Recognition: Fellowships and Grant Recipients SAEM / Physio-Control EMS Research Fellowship INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANT

Jose Cabanas, MD, University of Puerto Rico John Younger, MD, University of Michigan Mark Angelos, MD, Ohio State University (no picture available)

EMPSF/SAEM Patient Safety Fellowship

Scholarly Sabbatical

Daniel Patterson, PhD, MPH, EMT-B, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Howard Smithline, MD, MS, Baystate Medical Center

ANNUAL MEETING 2008 HIGHLIGHTS

ANNUAL MEETING 2008 HIGHLIGHTS Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Board of Directors

Joseph LaMantia, MD; Michael Beeson, MD; Mary Jo Wagner, MD; Philip Shayne, MD; Pamela L. Dyne, MD; Douglas McGee, DO; Steven Bowman, MD.

As Michelle Biros, MD, MS retires after 10 years of service, David C. Cone, MD will be assuming the duty of editor in chief of the AEM Journal.

CORD Meeting

The whole family enjoys the meeting.

ANNUAL MEETING 2008 HIGHLIGHTS With this being an election year, the Town Hall meeting was a well attended event featuring representatives from the three Presidential candidates.

The Dodge Ball Tournament provided a good time for over 300 participants while the proceeds contributed to the SAEM Research Fund.

S A E M

Call for Abstracts

Emergency Medicine: Past, Present, and Future 11th Annual Mid-Atlantic SAEM Regional Research Meeting September 26-27, 2008 Penn State University Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA

The Planning Committee is pleased to announce the SAEM Mid-Atlantic Regional Research Meeting on September 26-27, 2008. This is an excellent opportunity for students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty to present their findings and collaborate with other scientists. As in prior years there will be plenary and brief oral presentations. We are pleased to announce a kickoff dinner presentation on September 26, 2008 starting at 7pm. A highlight on September 27th will include a lunch speaker on EM’s rich and sordid history and a panel discussion on the Future of EM. Brian Zink, MD, author of “Anyone, Anything, Anytime (A History of Emergency Medicine)” will be featured. CME credit will be offered. Abstracts should be submitted before 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Monday, August 25, 2008 to www. saem.org. Acceptance notifications will follow in early September. Hershey, PA is less than a three hour drive from Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Hershey Park is open on the 27th, other interests include outlet shopping, the Gettysburg battlefield and Lancaster Amish communities. Overnight lodging is readily available and affordable. Questions are welcome to Glenn Geeting, MD at ggeeting@hmc.psu.edu.

AAMC CAS Meeting, November 2008 San Antonio Saturday, November 1, 2008 8:00 am - Noon Marriott Riverwalk, Alamo E room San Antonio, TX Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Education Session Topic: Addressing Advocacy as a Role of Academic Emergency Medicine

Preparing Residents for Advocacy — Making a Difference for Patients? — Ted Christopher, MD

Speakers:

Theodore A. Christopher, MD Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH James Tarrant, CAE

My Experience inside the Belt Way, What really Happens — Art Kellermann, MD

Moderator:

David P. Sklar, MD

Importance and Impact of Physicians' Participation in Advocacy — James Tarrant, CAE

Description: Speakers will describe the increasing importance of advocacy as a component of academic medicine. From unfunded mandates, reductions in reimbursement and declining funding for research what are the factors impacting on your program and what can you do about it? Most physicians are uncomfortable and avoid participation in the political process. What impact can physicians have in decisions made by our members of Congress? What really happens in the halls of Congress? How do members of Congress decide on a bill? How can residents become advocates for patients now and throughout their career?

Recipients of the 2007/08 Emergency Medicine Medical Student Interest Group Grant Kori Brewer, PhD East Carolina University

Ryan Whitted, MS II University of California - Davis

Amber Mock, MD John Hopkins University

Carina H. Baird/ Angela Feraco/ Joseph Tonna University of California - San Francisco

Jennifer Starling/ Lucas Chartier/ Catherine Patocka/ Maxim Ben-Yakov McGill University

Melissa Middleton, MD, PhD/ Kathy Lin University of Pennsylvania Joseph Rogers, MS II University of Washington

Wes Self, MD Northwestern University

SAEM Receives Reports from Several 2007/08 Emergency Medicine Medical Student Interest Group Grant Recipients Joseph Rogers, MS II Emergency Medicine Interest Group University of Washington

Joseph Tonna, MS3 - Angela Feraco, MS4 - Carina Baird, MD Jeffrey Tabas, MD (Faculty Sponsor) Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

I would like to provide a final report on the interest group grant you awarded our EMIG last fall. We successfully held our planned event, “The State of Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington” on April 10th, 2008. There were several purposes for the meeting. First was to inform medical students of the current state of EM training in Seattle and to share plans being made by the University of Washington administration for the future. This was accomplished by the presentation of Dr. William Bremner, Department of Medicine Chair, and Dr. Virginia Broudy, Chief of Medicine at Harborview Medical Center. They shared the UW’s efforts to hire a division chief for emergency medicine, the recent hiring of additional EM board certified physicians at Harborview Medical Center, and the search for a Residency program director. A second purpose for the meeting was to deliver a strong message of student interest in EM and this was accomplished by our excellent turnout (approximately 50 students). This had a positive impact on Doctors Bremner and Broudy who commented several times how impressed they were with the student attendance and their interest in the future of EM at the UW. Lastly, we wanted to learn from the experiences of other medical schools which have recently established EM residency programs. To accomplish this, we invited Dr. Susan Promes, the residency program director from UCSF to speak at the meeting. Dr. Pormes shared her experiences in being a part of the establishment of EM residencies at Duke University and UCSF. She expressed great enthusiasm for the progress being made at the UW and the future of EM training here in Seattle. Thank you for your support of our EMIG.

We would like to thank you again for your generous Education Grant to the UCSF EMIG of November 28, 2007 and to update you on the effect that it has had. With this $500 grant, we have been able to hold for the 4th year now an incredibly popular and valuable course called ‘Advanced Procedures in Emergency Medicine’ for 3rd and 4th year medical students at UCSF. The course is designed to instruct students on advanced procedures in a safe and controlled environment. By using unembalmed cadavers filled with warmed saline, the students, under direct supervision and support from emergency medicine faculty, are able to practice procedures that otherwise are learned without the luxury of time and on the spot repetition. This year we taught central line placement (using the femoral, internal jugular and subclavian approaches), saphenous vein cutdowns, intraosseus (IO) line placements, tube thoracostomy, and emergency cricothyrotomy to 32 students with the support of over a dozen faculty from four Bay Area hospitals (UCSF, Kaiser, Alameda County Medical Center, Stanford). Each year, the demand for this course exceeds capacity. This year, with the help of the $500 Education Grant from SAEM, we were able to offer the course to a larger number of interested students, offer more supplies, and additionally expand the use of ultrasonography to direct venous cannulation and confirm placement of intravascular location as well as confirm intraosseous placement of I/O needles. The support of this grant is essential. The use of ultrasound to confirm correct placement of intraosseous (Continued on page 26)

2008 SAEM Medical Student Excellence Award Winners Listed below are the recipients of the 2008 SAEM Medical Student Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award. This award is offered to each medical school in the United States to honor an outstanding senior medical student. This is the eleventh year this award has been made available. Recipients receive a certificate and one-year membership to SAEM, including subscription to the SAEM Newsletter and Academic Emergency Medicine. Albany Medical College Adam Frisch Albert Einstein College of Medicine Frederick Nagel Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Paul Dommer Baylor College of Medicine Jessica Erin Sotelo Boston University Liza Gonnen Brown University Soyun Kim Case Western/Metro Health Colleen Hickey Chicago Medical School William Beeman Columbia University Mary R. Mulcare Dalhousie University Cherie Kyongae Lee David Geffen School of Medicine @ UCLA Carol Lee Drexel University Jacob Miss East Carolina University-Brody School of Medicine Zachary P. Kiker

Louisiana State University, Shreveport Derick Wenning

Temple University Jonathan Ford

University of Illinois Joshua J. Miksanek

Texas A&M Jeffery Smaistrla

University of Iowa Paul Van Houkelom

Texas Tech University HSC Rianne Page

University of Kansas Matthew Lockwood

Medical College of Wisconsin Payal Potnis

The Ohio State University College of Medicine Audrey McCandless

University of Kentucky Jonathan Casey

Memorial University of Newfoundland Maria Brake

Tulane University School of Medicine Annelien De Wulf

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Kara Cardenas

UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School Biren A Bhatt

Mount Sinai Jonathan Elmer

UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Brian Roberts

LSU Health Sciences Center Andrew Pizza Medical College of Georgia Valori J. Bhalla

New York Medical College Christopher Hunter New York University Elisa Aponte Northeastern Ohio Universities Christopher J. Dussel Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Arjun Venkatesh Oregon Health & Science University Courtney Wilson Penn State Adam Bowman

Eastern Tennessee State University College of Medicine Daniel Scott Smith

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Michael Barakat

Eastern Virginia Medical School Jessica Lynn Salzman

Queen’s University Tim Chaplin

Harvard Medical School Sarah Stewart

Rush Medical College Katie Tataris

Indiana University Margaret D. Kramer

Saint Louis University Irena Vitkovitsky

Jefferson Medical College Brian Ostick

St. George’s University Nichole Mead

Johns Hopkins University Ka Ming Ngai

State University of New York, Stony Brook Nicholas Drakos

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences J. Matthew Buchanan Loma Linda University Amanda Rae Monk

SUNY Downstate Medical Center Susan Cheng SUNY Upstate Medical University Ross Sullivan

USHS 2dLt Joseph Maddry University of Alabama @ Birmingham Charles A. Khoury University of Alberta Yang Li University of Arizona Aaron N. Leeth University of Arkansas for Medical Services Joshua Post University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Heather Maria Neild O’Gavagham University of California, Davis Sierra Beck University of California, Irvine Eric Silman

University of Louisville Allison Phelps University of Manitoba Gregory Reimer University of Massachusetts Tranh Tran University of Miami Edward La Cascio University of Michigan Christopher Jones University of Minnesota Colleen Kniffen University of Mississippi Medical Center Sarah Abston Sterling

University of Pittsburgh Joshua Calvin Reynolds University of Rochester Jeremy Arnold University of South Alabama Tracy Christine Jacobs University of South Carolina Erin Carnes University of South Florida Anna McFarlin University of Texas, Galveston Heather N. Harris University of Texas, San Antonio Dustin B. Williams University of Toledo Jennifer Hickey University of Virginia Kathryn Wells University of Washington Elizabeth Brown Vanderbilt University Ryan Patrick Bayley

University of Missouri-Columbia Jeffery Spear

Wake Forest University Keith D. Hill

University of MissouriKansas City Phillis Pattison

Washington University Annemarie Sheet

University of Nebraska Lisa Keenan University of Nevada Aicha Maria Hull University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Peter Tilney

Wayne State University Ryan Phillips Weill Medical College of Cornell University Nicholas Connors West Virginia University Thomas C. Marshall

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Robert F. Sapp

Western University of Health Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Ryan Southworth

University of North Dakota Justin Reisenauer

Wright State University Jill C. Aston

University of Chicago Bonnie Kaplan

University of North Texas, Fort Worth Jay N. McCombs

Yale School of Medicine Maggie Hatcher

University of Colorado Amanda Robar Kao

University of Oklahoma Tyler Joanna Horton

University of Hawaii Sherri M. Suzuki

University of Pennsylvania Kathy B. Lin

University of California, San Diego Amanda Lamond University of California, San Francisco Jennifer Wilson

18th Annual SAEM Midwest Regional Meeting Meeting Announcement & Call for Abstracts

Monday, September 29, 2008 Coralville Marriot Hotel & Conference Center Coralville, Iowa

The Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Iowa is pleased to announce that abstracts are now being accepted for the SAEM Midwest Regional Meeting. The theme of the meeting will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quality Emergency Medicineâ&#x20AC;? and will include a keynote address by SAEM past-president Dr. Sandra Schneider of the University of Rochester. The program will feature oral and moderated poster presentations of original research, as well as discussion-panel and short lectures from various invited faculty whom have defined aspects of quality in resident and medical student education, patient care, and quality of life. The meeting location is the Coralville Marriot Hotel & Conference Center which is minutes away from downtown Iowa City and the University of Iowa. Registration to this event includes a complimentary continental breakfast and lunch. The Iowa City and Coralville communities are bursting with things to see and do. Enjoy a vibrant downtown Iowa City with a pedestrian area full of great restaurants, unique shops, and live entertainment. Experience anything from history to jazz to art to a Big 10 sporting event. For more information visit: http://www.iowacitycoralville.org/visitors. asp The deadline for abstract submission is FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008 at 5:00pm Eastern time. Only electronic submissions via the SAEM online abstract submission form at apps.saem.org will be accepted. Acceptance notification will be sent by August 14, 2008. Questions concerning the meeting can be directed to the Program Chair, Hans House, MD at hans-house@uiowa.edu.

Evidence Based Medicine Interest Group Eddy Lang, MD Chair, EBM IG The Evidence Based Medicine Interest group consists of approximately 100 members who share an interest in EBM education and research in study synthesis. This year’s annual general meeting was lively and well-attended following on the heels of last year’s successful consensus conference on Knowledge Translation sponsored in part by the IG.

Ambitious plans for next year include developing another slate of didactic session proposals that might include a computer-lab session on searching and advanced skills for the planning and execution of systematic reviews in emergency medicine. This year’s IG meeting was also attended by Emergency Physicians Monthly’s own Mark Plaster who spoke of the importance of translating research knowledge into practice through his widely read periodical that reaches a wide spectrum of both academic and community-based emergency practitioners.

Discussion centered on the possibility of transforming the wealth of activity that EBM IG members are involved in and elevating the status of the group into an “Academy of EBM Educators”. A number of IG members are extensively involved in a wide array of academic projects tied to training in critical appraisal, online searching skills, research in EBM education and in providing practitioners out in practice with syntheses of best evidence through a recurrent series of workshops offered around the world. Other activities involve the planning and execution of systematic reviews, authorship in a textbook of Evidence Based Emergency Medicine and the development of an undergraduate curriculum in EBM. A number of EBM IG members have also been closely involved in providing installments for the Annals of Emergency Medicine series that provides shortcut reviews of key topics and syntheses of reviews from the Cochrane database of systematic reviews and the JAMA series on the rational clinical examination.

The SAEM EBM IG is a dynamic and productive group that is always seeking input from new members interested in contributing or learning more about our mission and objectives.

Urgent need in our specialty for a journal of EBEM which would identify and synthesize important high quality research with implications for practice might well serve as the kind of project that could galvanize the membership into academy status.

If you have not received SAEM all member emails, or have difficulty accessing the online version of Academic Emergency Medicine we need your current email.

The EBM IG has met with a great deal of success in proposing didactic sessions that have met with the approval of the program committee. This year’s offerings included a debate on Knowledge Translation, a session on advanced diagnostic reasoning using EBM principles and a primer on the critical appraisal of meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Also provided to the IG membership and members of both the SAEM and ACEP Guidelines Committee was an intensive half day workshop in the use of the AGREE instrument considered by many to be the gold standard in the evaluation of clinical practice and policy statements. AGREE savvy members of the IG are currently involved in international projects that seek to improve the quality and implementation of practice guidelines of relevance to our specialty and have offered their services for other collaborations.

Please send your current email address to: membership@saem.org

Call for Abstracts – Annual Meeting May 14 - 17, 2009 • New Orleans, LA Deadline: Thursday, December 4, 2008 The Program Committee is accepting abstracts for review for oral and poster presentation at the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting. Authors are invited to submit original emergency medicine research in the following categories: • abdominal/gastrointestinal/genitourinary pathology • administrative/health care policy • airway/anesthesia/analgesia • CPR • CV basic science • cardiovascular (non-CPR) • clinical decision guidelines • computer technologies • diagnostic technologies/radiology • disaster medicine • disease/injury prevention • education/professional development • EMS/out-of-hospital • ethics

• • • • • • • • • • • • • •

geriatrics infectious disease ischemia/reperfusion neurology obstetrics/gynecology overcrowding pediatrics psychiatry/social issues research design/methodology/statistics respiratory/ENT disorders shock/critical care toxicology/environmental injury trauma wounds/burns/orthopedics

The deadline for submission of abstracts for the Annual Meeting is Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm EDT and will be strictly enforced. The online abstract submission form and instructions will be posted September 2, 2008. Only electronic submissions via the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) online abstract submission form will be accepted, and will be available on the SAEM website at www.saem.org. For further information or questions, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or 517-485-5484. Only reports of original research may be submitted. The data must not have been published in manuscript or abstract form or presented at a national medical scientific meeting prior to the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting. Original abstracts presented at regional meetings in April or May 2009 will be considered. Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in the Abstract Supplement of the May 2009 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the official journal of SAEM. SAEM strongly encourages authors to submit their manuscripts to AEM. AEM will notify authors of a decision regarding publication within 60 days of receipt of a manuscript.

Reports from Medicine Medical Student Interest Group Grant Recipient (Continued from page 22)

The many logistics and equipment that goes into making this course happen are daunting, and it simply would not be possible to hold this course without the generous support of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Education Grant. Thank you for your continued support.

cannulation was based on a recently published paper by faculty from experiences at this lab.1 In addition, we are publishing our experience with improving vascular identification on these cadavers by ultrasound with infusion of the warmed saline. In addition, as a result of this course, we have created an instructional video on femoral venous catheter placement which has just been accepted as a New England Journal Video in Clinical Medicine. The SAEM Education Grant allowed us to expand the number of students who receive this training by support additional equipment and cadavers, leading to safer, more effective learning.

1. Stone MB, Teismann NA, Wang R; Ultrasonographic confirmation of intraosseous needle placement in an adult unembalmed cadaver model.; Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Apr;49(4):515-9. Epub 2007 Jan 12

A New Investigator’s Perspective on SAEM Annual Meeting 2008 Renee Y. Hsia, MD San Francisco General Hospital As a junior investigator in the field of health policy, the SAEM conference in Washington, DC this year was extremely relevant and surprisingly helpful to me in ways I had not imagined; both in terms of content and contacts.

together a project on diversions and sharing countylevel data; getting Ellen Weber’s opinion about whether pursuing a particular AHRQ contract on ED crowding is a good use of my time at this point in my career versus spending time working on a career development proposal; or sitting down with David Milzman to talk about certain approaches to funding.

My oral presentation of disparities in elderly trauma care led to a methods-rich discussion of how I might enhance my analysis as well as an enlightened discussion of the possible interpretations of the findings. More than just a “good job!” were thoughtful comments about a certain aspect of multi-level modeling and clustering from experienced researchers in the field, and dynamic peer review in this sense is invaluable. I found several presentations particularly relevant to health services and health policy researchers: presentations on a broad overview of databases for analysis; an NIH session on different awards and the grants process; an in-depth look at HCUP databases and a new state ED database; and several excellent deeper discussions regarding quality and outcomes research, as well as the metrics of crowding measures within emergency medicine.

Hallway conversations are perhaps another indicator of the scientific quality of a conference. For example, while talking with Michelle Lin and David Manthey about the effects of crowding on education, Gloria Kuhn joined our conversation to discuss how we could better study this using ethnographic techniques and observation of measures such as initiation of teaching encounters, numbers of interruptions, and length of teaching encounters during busy and non-busy shifts. Post-session chats with senior investigators like Bob Lowe also generated new ideas and allowed space for discussion of other possible collaborations. Overall, the encounters I had at SAEM generated a host of ideas that one could not possibly pursue at once, but having more ideas rather than less forces one to reorganize research priorities and center one’s self on the main issues. Meetings such as this move the research agenda forward by bringing together like-minded researchers to help us realize we are not isolated in our own silos of EM-oriented health services research.

Even beyond the content, however, personal connections and conversations with others in the field across institutions can only develop from conferences such as these. Informal mentoring can happen in these situations, whether it is asking senior researchers such as Brent Asplin or Judd Hollander whether it is better to publish in health services journals or emergency literature; sketching out with Ben Sun about a possible collaboration for putting

Call for Submissions Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education Exhibits Deadline: Thursday, December 11, 2008 The Program Committee is accepting Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education (IEME) Exhibits for consideration of presentation at the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting, May 14-17, 2009 in New Orleans. Submitters are invited to complete an application describing an innovative new educational methodology that they have designed, or an innovative educational application of an existing product. The exhibit should not be used to display a commercial product that is already available and being used in its intended application. Exhibits will be selected based on utility, originality, and applicability to the teaching setting. Commercial support of innovations is permitted but must be disclosed. The descriptions/abstracts of the selected IEME Exhibits will be published in the Abstract Supplement of the May 2009 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. However, if submitters have conducted a research project on or using the innovation, the project may be written up as a scientific abstract and submitted for scientific review in the appropriate subject category by the December 4 deadline for Abstract submissions. The online IEME exhibit submission form will be posted October 1, 2008 and the deadline for submission is Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 5:00 pm EDT. Only online submissions using the form on the SAEM website at www.saem.org will be accepted. For further information or questions, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or (517) 485-5484 27

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2008 Annual Meeting Best Presentation and Visual Diagnosis Awards! Best IEME Award: The Contraption: A Low-Cost Participatory Hemodynamic Simulator, James V. Ritchie, MD, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA.

Best Young Investigator Award #438 Ability Of S100B To Predict Abnormal Head CT In Children With Mild TBI, Lynn Babcock-Cimpello, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center

Best Faculty Award #82 A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Nebulized Epinephrine and Dexamethasone in Outpatients with Bronchiolitis, Amy Plint, MD, University of Ottawa

Basic Science Award #444 Attenuated Effect of Cooling on Dispersion of Repolarization Underlies Decreased Risk of Arrhythmogenesis in Therapeutic vs. Severe Hypothermia, Joseph Piktel, MD, MetroHealth Medical Center

Best Fellow Award #8 Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Prediction Rules to Exclude Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department Setting: A Systematic Review, Erik Hess, MD, University of Ottawa

Resident Award #451 Left Bundle Branch Block Does Not Increase Risk Of Acute Myocardial Infarction In ED Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome, Anna Marie Chang, MD, University of Pennsylvania

Best Medical Student Award #432 A Geospatial Analysis of Persons Opting-Out From an Exception to Informed Consent Out-of-Hospital Interventional Trial, Maria Nelson, Oregon Health and Science University.

Resident Visual Diagnosis Winner: Dustin Mark, MD, University of Pennsylvania Medical Student Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner: None Entered.

Call for Didactic Proposals 2009 Annual Meeting May 14-17, 2009 • New Orleans Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2008 The Program Committee is inviting proposals for didactic sessions for the 2009 Annual Meeting. Didactic proposals may be aimed at medical students, residents, junior faculty and/or senior faculty. The format may be a lecture, panel discussion, or workshop. The Program Committee will also consider proposals for pre- or post-day workshops or multiple sessions during the Annual Meeting aimed at in-depth instruction in a specific discipline. Didactic proposals must support the mission of SAEM (to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine) and it should fall into one of the following categories: • Education (educational research or teaching methodology, improving the quality of education, enhancing teaching skills) • Research (research methodology, improving the quality of research) • Career Development • State-of-the-Art (presentation of cutting-edge basic science or clinical research topics that have important implications for further investigation or the future practice of emergency medicine; note that State-of-the-Art sessions are not a review of the literature or a summary of clinical practice) • Health Care Policy and National Affairs affecting emergency medicine The deadline for submission is Monday, September 8, 2008 at 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. Only online submissions will be accepted. To submit a proposal, complete the online Didactic Submission Form at www.saem.org. For additional questions or information, contact SAEM at saem@saem.org or call 517-485-5484. 28

Call for Abstract Reviewers The Program Committee is currently accepting applications to serve as expert reviewers of scientific abstracts submitted for consideration of presentation at the 2009 Annual Meeting, which will be held May 14 - 17 in New Orleans. The minimum requirement for new abstract reviewers is at least two first author peer-reviewed original research manuscripts in the topic area for which you are applying. Residents are invited to apply but must meet the same criteria. If you have been an abstract reviewer in the past five years, you do not need to reapply. Interested individuals should electronically submit to saem@saem.org the following by October 1, 2008: an abbreviated CV (full CVs will not be considered) with a detailed listing of peer-reviewed original research publications, review articles, textbook chapters, and prior scientific abstract presentations published on the specific area(s) of expertise selected from the list below: • abdominal/gastrointestinal/ genitourinary • administration/health care policy • airway/analgesia • cardiopulmonary resuscitation • cardiovascular (non-CPR) • clinical decision guidelines • computer technologies • diagnostic technologies/ radiology

• disaster medicine • disease/injury prevention • education/professional development • EMS/out-of-hospital • ethics • geriatrics • infectious disease • ischemia/reperfusion • neurology • obstetrics/gynecology

• overcrowding • pediatrics • psychiatry/social issues • research design/methodology/ statistics • respiratory/ENT • shock/critical care • toxicology/environmental injury • trauma • wounds/burns/orthopedics

Each year, the Program Committee selects approximately six reviewers for each of the topic areas, including expert reviewers and members of the Program Committee. Therefore, not every approved reviewer will be invited to review each year. Individuals selected to review submitted abstracts will be expected to review up to 100 abstracts, must adhere to the SAEM abstract scoring system, and must submit their abstract scores by the deadline. The deadline for authors to submit abstracts is December 4, 2008. Abstracts will be sent for review by December 8 and abstract scores will be due by noon on December 22. All scores will be submitted online.

Photography Exhibit and Visual Diagnosis Contest There were 102 cases and photos submitted to the Program Committee for consideration of presentation at the Annual Meeting. Winners in both medical student and resident categories are awarded a one-year membership in SAEM, including a subscription to Academic Emergency Medicine, a free registration to attend the 2009 SAEM Annual Meeting in New Orleans, a major Emergency Medicine textbook, and a subscription to the SAEM Newsletter. SAEM would like to thank the following individuals who contributed to this year’s Clinical Pearls and Visual Diagnosis Contest entries. It is a significant commitment of time and intellect to develop the ever-popular Photo Display, which was again presented at the SAEM Annual Meeting, along with the posters and Innovations in Emergency Medicine Education Exhibits. Janet Alteveer Andrew Ehrhard Joshua Lewis Michael P. Phelan Heather Sutherland Nicholas Armellino Jyoti Elavunkal James Little Rahul Prasankumar Darrell Sutijono Emily A. Baran Stephen Ellison Brian Lin Svetlana Resnikova Ed Tham Megan Boysen Scott Goodroad Michael Manka Tomasz Rogula Robert Tubbs Sean M. Bryant Gary Sanderson Jennifer Martin Mary T. Ryan David Wallace Christina Chiang Rob Graessle Ninfa Mehta Dana Sajed Mary Ward Steve C. Christos Christopher Guyer Ed Michelson Elizabeth Salvin Stanley Wu Jonel Daphnis Stephen Hatem Monique Mirshak Turandot Saul Kenneth DeKay Andre Holder Prachi M. Modi Heather Schulz Rui Domingues Kurt Isenberger Sean Nolan Mark Silverberg Travis Eastin Matt Lazio Andrew L. Nyce Jessica Smith

Call for Papers Public Health in the Emergency Department: Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention The 2009 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference on Public Health in the Emergency Department: Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention will be held on May 13, immediately preceding the SAEM Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Original papers, if accepted, will be published together with the conference proceedings in the November 2009 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine. The theme of this conference is Surveillance, Screening, and Intervention in the Emergency Department. We will focus on these key domains of ED-based public health practice. The conference will include a keynote speaker, lectures by content experts and clinicians, a lunchtime panel discussion, interactive facilitated workshops, and conference attendee voting on consensus issues. Illness and injury related to risky health behaviors account for a substantial proportion of ED visits. Illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco use, injury, interpersonal violence, and unsafe sexual behavior collectively account for approximately 30% of all ED visits. Individuals who present to the ED as a consequence of risky health behavior may be receptive to a “teachable moment;” thus, the ED may provide an opportune time for intervention by a healthcare provider. These behaviors have become the focus of extensive clinical investigation in emergency medicine. Studying health behaviors at the population level (via surveillance), and individual level (via screening), and designing interventions, positions emergency physicians at the nexus between clinical medicine’s traditional realm of disease- or injury-centered care, and the broader domains of population health and prevention. Policymakers and researchers have often used the ED as a site for surveillance for emerging trends in illness and injury. While this work has focused on describing and defining the epidemiology of illness and injury attributed to risky behavior, much current investigation is focused on screening and intervention. Collectively, these latter activities are known as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). For example, a growing body of evidence suggests that brief ED-based interventions may reduce alcohol consumption and negative consequences of drinking in patients with hazardous and harmful drinking. Important gaps in knowledge remain. These include: identifying the most effective approaches to screen patients for risky health behaviors, identifying evidence-based, cost- and time-sensitive interventions, overcoming barriers to dissemination and implementation, and evaluating the proper role of behavioral interventions within emergency medicine’s traditional focus on management and stabilization of acute illness and injury. In the area of surveillance, important methodological challenges remain in improving the reliability of source data used in national administrative datasets, and expanding use of these datasets by the EM community. The goals of this conference are to: • Increase awareness of the clinical burden of illness and injury related to risky health behaviors • Review the current state of knowledge regarding ED surveillance, screening, and intervention • Identify gaps in knowledge regarding the efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions • Review challenges in the methodology of screening and intervention studies • Define a research agenda in ED-based surveillance, screening, and intervention • Explore options to improve the reliability and usability of administrative datasets used in surveillance • Highlight funding sources for future research. The major output of this conference will be the establishment of a research agenda for emergency physicians and others to study the epidemiology and treatment of risky health behaviors, design evidence-based, cost- and timesensitive interventions, and examine effects on clinically pertinent outcomes. A related aim will be to identify strategies to demonstrate the importance of ED-based health behavior intervention to educators, policy makers, and funding sources. Original contributions describing relevant research or concepts in this topic will be considered for publication in the November 2009 special topics issue of AEM if received by Monday, March 2nd, 2009. All submissions will undergo peer review and publication cannot be guaranteed. For queries, please contact Steven L. Bernstein, MD, sbernste@ montefiore.org or Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS, gail.donofrio@yale.edu Consensus Conference Co-Chairs. Information and updates will also be posted in the SAEM newsletter, Academic Emergency Medicine, and the SAEM Web site.

Faculty Department of Emergency Medicine The Department of Emergency Medicine of the Henry Ford Health System is seeking board certified/ prepared emergency physicians to join the faculty of our Emergency Medicine Residency Program. The successful candidate will join our staff of 30 full-time faculty involved in teaching and research. The Emergency Medicine residency program is in its 32nd year and has a total of 53 residents in three tracks including EM, EM/IM, and EM/IM/Critical Care. We have an active research division with NIH funding that focuses on sepsis, the emerging role of biomarkers, neurologic emergencies including stroke, hemorrhage, seizure, and brain injuries. This ED is the birthplace of early goal directed therapy. The Henry Ford Hospital Emergency Department is an urban, level 1 trauma center with over 90,000 patient visits per year. Our facility has 80 rooms including a 16 bed emergency critical care unit. The Henry Ford Health System is known for its comprehensive, system-wide, electronic medical record (EMR). The Emergency Department is paperless and is fully integrated into the systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EMR. Henry Ford Health System is an integrated health system that includes 25 medical centers and six hospitals. It is the largest health system in Southeast Michigan (population approaching 5 million). The Henry Ford Hospital is a 750 bed facility serving as the flagship of the system. Qualified candidates must have a strong interest in furthering the academic mission of the department through research and education. We offer a highly competitive salary and excellent benefits. Please forward your CV for consideration to Scott Johnson, Physician Recruiter. Email: sjohns10@hfhs.org or fax to (313)874-4677. AA/EEO

Department of Emergency Medicine Academic Positions Associate Residency Director Clinician-Educator

Faculty Positions Clinician-Educator Track Clinician Track

The Department of Emergency Medicine at New York The Department of Emergency Medicine at New York University School of Medicine is seeking highly motivated University School of Medicine is seeking highly motivated individuals for academic and leadership faculty individuals for full time clinical and academic faculty positions appointments in the positions of Associate Residency in Emergency Medicine. Responsibilities include primary Director and Clinician-Educator. The responsibilities clinical roles at Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University include integral roles at Bellevue Hospital Center, New York Medical Center or the Manhattan Harbor VA. Candidates must University Medical Center, the Manhattan Harbor VA and be residency trained and board certified/prepared in the New York University School of Medicine. Emergency Medicine. Qualified candidates should send a letter of intent and curriculum vitae to: Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine New York University School of Medicine 462 First Avenue, Room 345A New York, New York 10016 Phone: 212.562.3346 E-mail: goldfl03@med.nyu.edu New York University is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Boston Harvard Affiliated Teaching Hospital The Department of Emergency Medicine of the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has positions available for faculty committed to academic Emergency Medicine. Board certification or preparation in Emergency Medicine with four years of training or experience are prerequisites. The base hospital is Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Level I trauma center, with an ED that sees over 50,000 patients a year. Our community practice, BIDNeedham Campus, sees over 14,000 patients a year. We provide needed direction for three 911 systems. Academic opportunities include access to lab space, international programs, and teaching at Harvard Medical School. Salaries are highly competitive for the community and are incentive based. We are currently seeking faculty with interests in Academics, EMS, Ultrasound, Sepsis, Medical Education and Neurologic Emergencies.

Emergency Medicine Faculty Position The Department of Emergency Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM)) seeks academic faculty members. Positions are available at Boston Medical Center (BMC) which is a Level 1 Trauma Center with 130,000 visits annually. The Department of EM serves as an independent academic department within BUSM and BMC. The department has a nationally recognized, well-established residency program with academic faculty appointments through BUSM. BMC is the medical control and academic base for Boston EMS. In addition, we have an active research section with particular focus on public health, administration, EMS and cardiovascular emergencies. Candidates must be ABEM board certified or eligible and must demonstrate a commitment to the training of emergency medicine residents. Competitive salary with an excellent benefits package.

Please send your curriculum vitae to:

Further information contact: Jonathan Olshaker MD Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Boston Medical Center, 1 BMC Place Boston MA 02118-2393. Tel: 617-414-5481; Fax: 617-414-7759 E-mail: olshaker@bu.edu. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Richard E. Wolfe, M.D. Chief of Emergency Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 330 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Emergency Medicine Faculty Position

Faculty Opportunity Department of Emergency Medicine

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Thomas Jefferson University

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is seeking candidates for full time faculty positions immediately available in the Department of Emergency Medicine for both general emergency physicians and pediatric emergency medicine specialists. The new faculty positions are the result of a planned expansion of our training program. Our department has responsibility for two emergency centers. Memorial Hermann Hospital is located within the Texas Medical Center and has an annual census of 55,000 patient visits. It is one of only two Level 1 trauma centers in Houston. Additionally, Memorial Hermann is a regional burn center, a nationally-recognized stroke center, and a comprehensive cardiac care center. The hospital’s Heart and Vascular Institute was named one of the nation’s 100 top cardiovascular hospitals for the second consecutive year by the 2006 Solucient® 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success Study. The Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital has an annual census of 85,000 visits and is a Level III trauma center. Qualified applicants will be board certified/prepared in Emergency Medicine and possess interest/expertise in clinical teaching. Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package, including relocation assistance.

The Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) is seeking a board-certified or board-prepared academic emergency physician to join its well-established faculty. Current faculty now teach 36 EM residents in our long-standing 3-year training program and 4th year medical students in our required EM clerkship at Jefferson Medical College (JMC). The emergency departments at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) and its Methodist Hospital Division (MHD) together see approximately 90,000 patients annually. TJUH is a Level 1 Trauma Center and a Regional Spinal Cord Center, and is home to residencies in every medical field. The MHD ED is the primary community affiliate for our EM training program. The Department of EM supports a certified Chest Pain Center, a Sexual Assault Center, the Center for Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness, two (2) internationally recognized basic science laboratories, an active clinical research program, and urban community outreach and health policy initiatives. Academic rank, salary and benefits would be commensurate with experience. Located in Center City Philadelphia, between Independence Hall and the theater district, TJUH and Jefferson Medical College enjoy reputations as one of the best hospitals and medical colleges respectively in the East. TJUH is the major academic hospital of the Jefferson Health System (JHS). Philadelphia has much to offer culturally, educationally, and socially, plus provides easy access to New York, Washington DC, the ocean and the mountains.

Please forward your CV to: Brent King, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAAP, Executive Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, TX 77030

TJU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is an EO/AA employer, M/F/D/V. This is a security sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education Code §51.215. A background check will be required for the final candidate.

Please submit a curriculum vitae and confidential letter of interest to:Theodore A. Christopher, MD, FACEP, Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, c/o Kathleen Welsh, Thomas Jefferson University, Human Resources, 201 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5595. Kathleen.welsh@jefferson.edu. Fax: 215-503-2183.

POSITION AVAILABLE: MEDICAL DIRECTOR, NEBRASKA REGIONAL POISON CENTER THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER ¸ Clinician-Educator ¸ Clinical Researcher ¸ ¸ Clinical Toxicologist ¸

The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and the Nebraska Regional Poison Center (NRPC) are seeking applicants for the position of medical director of the NRPC, with a faculty appointment at UNMC. Clinical work in the candidate’s primary specialty may be available, but is not a position requirement.

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is expanding its faculty. We are seeking BC/BP emergency physicians for tenure or clinical track positions at the rank of assistant professor or above, depending on qualifications. Our current faculty possesses diverse interests and expertise leading to extensive state and national-level involvement. Through this expansion we hope to increase our depth and further develop programs in clinical toxicology and clinical research, and our cadre of clinicianeducators. The emergency medicine residency is well-established and includes 12 EM and 2 EM/IM residents per year. We treat more than 83,000 patients per year in a state-of-the-art ED at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. PCMH is a rapidly growing level I trauma, cardiac and regional stroke center. Our tertiary care catchment area includes more than 1.5 million people in eastern North Carolina, many of whom arrive via our integrated mobile critical care and air medical service. Greenville, NC is a livable, family-oriented university community located ninety minutes from the Crystal Coast. Cultural and recreational opportunities are abundant. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with qualifications; excellent fringe benefits are provided. Successful applicants will possess outstanding clinical and teaching skills and qualify for appropriate privileges from ECU Physicians and PCMH. Screening begins July 1 and will remain open until filled.

The applicant will be board certified in Medical Toxicology and ideally possess prior poison center experience. Academic rank and salary will be commensurate with the applicant’s credentials and experience. Anticipated position availability is January 2009 but there is flexibility for candidates wishing an earlier start date. NRPC is an AAPCC-certified poison center and provides 24-hour service to Nebraska and Wyoming as well as the Federated States of Micronesia and American Samoa with an annual combined call volume of approximately 40,000. The medical director is responsible for medical direction of the poison center, including but not limited to medical oversight, quality assurance, and strategic planning. UNMC and the NRPC are located in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha is ranked by Money Magazine as one of the top ten most livable cities in the U.S. For further information, please contact Kathy Jacobitz, RN, CSPI, Managing Director, NRPC at 402-384-4040 or 402-955-5555, or via email at kjacobitz@nebraskamed.com.

Confidential inquiry may be made to Theodore Delbridge, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine (delbridget@ecu.edu). Must apply online by using ECU OneStop on the main ECU page: www.ecu.edu.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

ECU is an EEO/AA employer and accommodates individuals with disabilities. Applicants must comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Proper documentation of identity and employability required at the time of employment. Current references must be provided upon request.

www.ecu.edu/med

www.uhseast.com

HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is seeking applicants for full-time academic faculty positions. We are seeking individuals interested in joining us in our tripartite mission of caring for the underserved, preparing residents and fellows for careers in Emergency Medicine and contributing to the ongoing development of our specialty. Our 400-bed public teaching hospital serves as a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Cardiac Reperfusion Center and a major teaching affiliate of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The DEM has an annual census of approximately 70,000 and supports a fully-accredited Emergency Medicine residency with 15 residents per year in a PG1-3 format, as well as fellowship programs in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Clinical Research, Medical Education, EMS and Disaster Medicine and Emergency Ultrasound. Candidates must be residency trained and board certified or prepared in Emergency Medicine and possess excellent clinical and teaching skills. All faculty participate in clinical, administrative, teaching and scholarly activities. Academic rank and salary are commensurate with experience and accomplishment. For further information, contact:

Exceptional opportunity for highly motivated, EM residency trained physician to join prestigious group. Enjoy an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (based on experience; Instructor and Associate Professor positions also available) with excellent benefits including very competitive remuneration, occurrence-based malpractice, health and disability insurance, 403b retirement plan, tuition remission, and CME allowance. Established group presence at three major hospitals, with a 4th emergency department opening at a new, state-of-art facility currently being built in a premier location in Cincinnati. Live in a city with professional sports, outstanding visual and performing arts, two major universities, superb private and public schools, an international airport, zoo, aquarium, and a stable economy anchored by ten Fortune 500 companies. The University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine established the first Emergency Medicine residency training program in 1970 and currently has 48 residents involved in a four year curriculum. We are seeking talented and energetic physicians to train future leaders in the field of Emergency Medicine. Our Department has a long history of clinical excellence, both in teaching and patient care, with outstanding institutional support.

Robert S. Hockberger, M.D. Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 1000 W. Carson Street, Box 21 Torrance, CA 90509 (310) 222-3504 E-mail: hock@emedharbor.edu

Please send Curriculum Vitae to: Richard J. Ryan, MD Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267-0769 Phone: 513/558-8086 Fax: 513/558-4599 E-mail: Richard.Ryan@uc.edu www.ucemergencymedicine.org

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Emergency Medicine Clinical Faculty Position

The Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery at Saint Louis University School of Medicine is currently recruiting qualified applicants for faculty positions.

Methodist Hospital Division, Thomas Jefferson University

Saint Louis University is a Catholic The Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) is seeking a board-certified or board-prepared community-based emergency physician Jesuit institution dedicated to student to join a well-established physician group in the emergency department (ED) at learning, research, healthcare and Methodist Hospital Division (MHD), Jefferson’s owned community hospital teaching service and is ranked among the top research institutions in and clinical service site. This physician will hold a clinical faculty appointment in the Department of EM of TJU. The MHD ED sees approximately 30,000 patients annually the nation. The Emergency Department, a Level I Trauma and is supported by residencies in medicine, surgery, and orthopedics. Jefferson Center, evaluates over 34,000 patients a year. Join the group EM senior-level residents and Jefferson Medical College senior medical students ofThe dedicated Emergency Medicine faculty in the School of rotate year round through the MHD ED,University which also includes a Fast Track staffed by Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery at Saint Louis mid-level practitioners. A Jefferson Hospital-based ambulance service is available Medicine. administrative and research opportunities School Teaching, of Medicine is currently recruiting qualified applicants for faculty positions. on site at MHD to transport appropriate patients to Thomas Jefferson University are available along with excellent benefits. The candidates we Hospital (TJUH) 10 minutes away. TJUH is a Level 1 Trauma Center, Regional Spinal seek must be board certified or board-eligible in Emergency Cord Center, certified Chest Pain Center, a Sexual Assault Center, and home to residencies every medical field. Saint Louis University is a Catholic Jesuit institution dedicated toinstudent learning, research, Medicine.

healthcare and service andaiscover ranked the top research institutions in the nation. The Interested candidates must submit letter,among application, South Philadelphia near the city’s sports entertainment complex, MHD enjoys a reputation one of the patients area’s best community and current curriculum vitae to http://jobs.slu.edu. An Center, initial Emergency Department, a Level I Trauma evaluates overas34,000 a year.hospitals. Join Philadelphia itself has much to offer culturally, educationally, and socially, plus provides easy access to letter of interest should be expressed by sending a letter and the group of dedicated Emergency Medicine faculty in theNew School of Medicine. York, Washington DC, the oceanTeaching, and the mountains. curriculum vitae to:

Salary and benefits would be commensurate with experience. Located in historic

administrative and research opportunities are available along excellent benefits. The TJU iswith an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities. Laurie Byrne, candidates we seek must be M.D. board certified or board-eligible in Emergency Medicine. Please submit a curriculum vitae and confidential letter of interest to: Theodore A. Director, Emergency Medicine Division Christopher, MD, FACEP, Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency Saint Louis University School of Medicine Medicine, c/o Kathleen Welsh, Thomas Jefferson University, Human Resources, Interested candidates must submit a cover letter, application, and current curriculum vitae to Saint Louis University Hospital 201 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5595. Kathleen.welsh@jefferson.edu. Fax: 215-503-2183. 3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Boulevard http://jobs.slu.edu. An initial letter of interest should be expressed by sending a letter and St. Louis, curriculum vitae to: MO 63110-0250. Saint Louis University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, and encourages applications from women and minorities.

Laurie Byrne, M.D. Director, Emergency Medicine Division Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis University Hospital 3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Boulevard ATLANTA, GA St. Louis, MO 63110-0250.

POSITION AVAILABLE:

MEDICAL DIRECTOR, NEBRASKA REGIONAL POISON CENTER THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Bring skillsUniversity in diagnosis, is healing and teaching action, to Emory,equal Saintyour Louis an affirmative one of Emergency Medicine’s largest and best programs. applications from women and minorities. Opportunities include:

The University of Nebraskaand Medical Center (UNMC) and the Nebraska opportunity employer, encourages

Academic Practice: If you are an outstanding clinician and love teaching, contact us. Specific opportunities exist in brain injury and clinical research.

Regional Poison Center (NRPC) are seeking applicants for the position of medical director of the NRPC, with a faculty appointment at UNMC. Clinical work in the candidate’s primary specialty may be available, but is not a position requirement. The applicant will be board certified in Medical Toxicology and ideally possess prior poison center experience. Academic rank and salary will be commensurate with the applicant’s credentials and experience. Anticipated position availability is January 2009 but there is flexibility for candidates wishing an earlier start date.

Fellowships: Emory offers an exceptional environment for postresidency training. We will be considering applicants for the following fellowships: Emory/CDC Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medical Services, Global Health, Clinical Research, Injury Prevention and Neuroinjury, Palliative Care & Hospice Medicine, Observation Medicine. Candidates must be Board eligible or Board certified. For further information, visit our web site at http://www.emory.edu/em, then contact:

NRPC is an AAPCC-certified poison center and provides 24-hour service to Nebraska and Wyoming as well as the Federated States of Micronesia and American Samoa with an annual combined call volume of approximately 40,000. The medical director is responsible for medical direction of the poison center, including but not limited to medical oversight, quality assurance, and strategic planning. UNMC and the NRPC are located in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha is ranked by Money Magazine as one of the top ten most livable cities in the U.S.

Katherine Heilpern, MD, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine 531 Asbury Circle , N-340, Atlanta, GA 30322 Phone: (404)778-5975 Fax: (404)778-2630 Email: pbokros@emory.edu

For further information, please contact Kathy Jacobitz, RN, CSPI, Managing Director, NRPC at 402-384-4040 or 402-955-5555, or via email at kjacobitz@nebraskamed.com.

Emory is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

The University of Alabama School of Medicine The University of Alabama School of Medicine is seeking a fulltime board eligible/certified Emergency Medicine physician at the rank of Assistant Professor to fill an important academic-clinical position. This will be a non-tenure or tenure-earning position.

JOIN ONE OF FORTUNE MAGAZINE’S BEST PLACES TO WORK IN THE U.S.!

The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) was established in 1996 at the highly successful University of Alabama School of Medicine. We are committed to the academic growth of faculty, excellence in patient care, and began a PGY-2-4 EM Residency training program in July 2002.

Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Department—now managing 4 sites in Pennsylvania—has grown. Our 50+ salaried Emergency Medicine physicians and 15 PAs and NPs enjoy a collegial atmosphere and evaluate over 150,000 patients annually. Candidates must be clinically excellent, patient focused, BC/BE and EM Residency trained. We have a paperless ED, the largest Level I Trauma program in PA w/Primary Angioplasty and Stroke Alert and MI Alert Program, an 18-bed Burn Center and an Emergency Medicine Residency along with 13 additional accredited programs. LVH is listed in U.S. News & World Report for the 12th consecutive year as one of our nation’s best hospitals. Our organization is physician-led, financially strong, and the winner of many quality awards including MAGNET status in nursing. We offer a competitive salary and robust benefits including family healthcare with no employee contribution, 3 forms of retirement, medical liability coverage, 6 weeks of PTO plus 1 week of CME with $4,500 annually plus ACEP/ACOEP boards paid, etc. Opportunity for teaching, research, and career advancement. Our ED locations are in the Lehigh Valley and in Hazleton, PA. Both locations are within close proximity to NYC and Philadelphia, offer a moderate cost of living, and have excellent public school systems. To learn more, e-mail CV to Richard MacKenzie, Chair of Emergency Medicine, LVH at Debra.Perna@LVH.com. Phone (610) 969-0216

The Department of Emergency Medicine has responsi-bilities for educating medical students, rotating house officers and EMT/Paramedic students. The DEM coordinates activities of the Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness, a multidisciplinary research and service organization focused on biodefense. The DEM has been highly successful in developing extramural support for research in this warmly collaborative institution. The UAB Hospital is a 930-bed teaching hospital, Level I Trauma Center with over 58,000 patients seen annually in the ED. A highly competitive salary is offered. Compensation and tenure status are based upon accomplishments and experience. Please send your curriculum vitae to: Janyce Sanford, M.D., Associate Professor & Chair of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Department of Emergency Medicine; 619 South 19th Street; JTN 266; Birmingham, AL 35249-7013. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

CLASSIFIEDS • Toxicology • Research • Emergency Medical Services • Education Fellows enroll in a Master’s level program as a part of all fellowships. We provide intensive training and interaction with the nationally-known faculty from the Department of Emergency Medicine, with experts in each domain. Faculty appointments may be available and fellows assume limited clinical responsibilities in the Emergency Department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and affiliated institutions. We provide experience in basic or human research and teaching opportunities with medical students, residents and other health care providers. The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds. Each applicant should have an MD/DO background or equivalent degree and be board certified/prepared in emergency medicine (or have similar experience). Please contact Donald M. Yealy, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 to receive information.

NEW YORK, Columbia University: Attending Emergency Physician – Harlem Hospital Center Emergency Services affiliated with Columbia University, seeks residency-trained or ABEM-certified Emergency Physicians who have excellent clinical skills, a strong interest in teaching and a commitment to public medicine. We are a 290-bed, Level 1 trauma center, regional burn center, EMS-based station with over 75,000 annual visits. An appointment to the faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons is anticipated at the Instructor or Assistant Clinical Professor level, commensurate with experience. Competitive salary and benefits package provided. Submit CV to: Reynold Trowers, MD, Director of Emergency Medicine Services, Harlem Hospital Center, 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10037 or call him at (212) 939-2253. Columbia University takes affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity. PENNSYLVANIA, Unversity of Pittsburgh: The Department of Emergency Medicine offers fellowships in the following areas: 35

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 901 N. Washington Avenue Lansing, MI 48906

S A E M Board of Directors Katherine L. Heilpern, MD President

NON-PROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE

PAID LANSING, MI PERMIT NO. 186

Ellen J. Weber, MD Joseph Becker, MD Send Articles to Vene Yates vyates@saem.org

Jill M. Baren, MD President-Elect Jeffrey Kline, MD Secretary-Treasurer

Executive Director James R. Tarrant, CAE jtarrant@saem.org

Judd E. Hollander, MD Past-President

Advertising Coordinator Maryanne Greketis, CMP mgreketis@saem.org

Leon L. Haley, Jr, MD Cherri D. Hobgood, MD Debra Houry, MD, MPH O. John Ma, MD Adam J. Singer, MD

“to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine”

The SAEM newsletter is published bimonthly by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAEM. Alternate months visit http://saem.org/enewsletter

Future SAEM Annual Meetings 2009 May 14 - 17 Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 2010 June 3 - 6 Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, AZ 2011 June 1 – 5 Boston, MA 2012 May 9 – 13 Chicago, IL

SAEM Regional Meetings MidAtlantic Regional Meeting, Septemper 26-27 2008, Hershey, PA, Contact Glenn Geeting, MD, at ggeeting@hmc.psu.edu Midwest Regional Meeting, September 29, 2008, Coralville, Iowa, Contact Hans House, MD, at hans-house@uiowa.edu with questions. More information on regional meetings as well as more photos from the Annual Meeting are available on our web site at www.saem.org.